SAO PAULO - an elite of the police happened North of the Brazil on Wednesday to help local law enforcement combat violence is anti-logging and land rights activists in the Amazon forest.
Paulo Silber, a spokesman for the Government of the State of Para, said that 60 police officers have been deployed in three cities. He provided no details.
The force has members of the federal police, military and regular police forces.
The President Dilma Rousseff ordered the unit sent in the Amazon region the recent assassination of three activists and a witness in the States of Para and Rondonia.
According to the Catholic pastoral lands of surveillance, more than 1 150 rural activists were killed in Brazil in the last 20 years. The killings are mostly carried out by armed men hired by farmers, ranchers and loggers to silence protest over illegal logging of forests.
Thursday, justice, human rights and Agrarian Development Ministers are scheduled to begin a visit to the States of Para, Amazonas and Rondonia to discuss with local authorities the means to deal with the violence.
没有评论:
发表评论